Sockel
[ˈzɔkl̩]
The verdict
“Sockel” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #15,750. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #15,750
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 11
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein Block, auf dem etwas liegen kann
Corpus desk
Index DE-sockel · Sockel · German
Sockel · rank #15,750 · 9 variants · 11 confusables
- FREQ-MID #15,750
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Spargel
Nearest frequency peer: Spargel (+1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Sockel“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- sinnen
sinnen
84,254 corpus weight
- site
site
84,253 corpus weight
- Sockel
Sockel
84,251 corpus weight
- Spargel
Spargel
84,250 corpus weight
- spezieller
spezieller
84,249 corpus weight
- stage
stage
84,248 corpus weight
What this shows „Sockel“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Sockel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈzɔkl̩] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #15,750 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 11 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Sockel“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around Sockel (IPA [ˈzɔkl̩]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #15,750 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Sockel, with forms such as "osckel", "scokel", and "socckel". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "Sönke", "soviel", "socken", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Sockel, spelled S-O-C-K-E-L.
Definition
- 1ein Block, auf dem etwas liegen kann
- 2Vorrichtung, um wichtige Bauteile schnell auf einer Grundplatte oder Platine befestigen und lösen zu können
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Sockel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Eine griechische Inschrift, die man auf einem Sockel in der Nähe des Obelisken gefunden hatte, legte die Vermutung nahe, der Obelisk sei im Namen von Ptolemaios und Kleopatra geweiht gewesen.“
„In ihrem Sockel war eine Mechanik aus Rollen und Schnüren verborgen, mit der sie sich unter Wasser an langen Stangen führen ließ – zu nichts nütze in dieser Stadt, die auf Sand gebaut war.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- osckel
- scokel
- socckel
- socekl
- sockell
- sockkel
- sockle
- sokcel
- ssockel
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Sockel - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Sockel", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).